Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.67%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 2.18% or 12.90 points to trade at 608.55 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 2.47% or 41.10 points to end at 1705.50 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 2.26% or 184.65 points to 8348.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 3.07% or 15.35 points to trade at 484.55 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.77% or 17.45 points to end at 970.95 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) shed 1.52% or 292.55 points to 18965.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which rose 2.64% to 608.65, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.23% to settle at 1701.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 2.15% to close at 8340.70.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.79% to 970.95 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.33% to settle at 2710.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.03% to 177.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1017 to 580 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1570 rose and 1117 declined, while 169 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.86% to 13.7125.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.59 to $1283.79 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.32% or 0.73 to hit $55.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.53 to trade at $61.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.27% to 65.046, while EUR/INR fell 0.16% to 76.7352.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.57.